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Dec 17, 2019

Physical Sciences welcomes eight new faculty membersEight new faculty members join the School of Physical Sciences from universities across the world, bringing new research right from their Ph.D. programs and others bringing their established research ready to revamp. Here are the new faculty members:
Paulo Brando
Assistant Professor, Department...

Dec 16, 2019

Taming wildfiresCalifornia’s 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive ever recorded: At least 100 people were killed, more than 24,000 structures were consumed and nearly 2 million acres were burned, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.
These blazes left...

Dec 14, 2019

Scientists have discovered deepest point on landA new study shows that the deepest point on land is under the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. Glaciologists at the University of California, Irvine, were mapping the area only to find that the trough under the glacier went far deeper than they had imagined.
The trough is about 3.5 km (about 2...

Dec 12, 2019

Denman Glacier: Deepest point on land found in AntarcticaThis ice-filled canyon reaches 3.5km (11,500ft) below sea level. Only in the ocean are the valleys deeper still.
The discovery is illustrated in a new map of the White Continent that reveals the shape of the bedrock under the ice sheet in unprecedented detail.
Its features will be critical to our...

The World Solved the Ozone Problem. It Can Solve Climate Change.The discovery made big news and rattled the public. Aerosol sales dropped dramatically, and, despite pushback from the chemical companies that made CFCs, Congress in 1977 added protecting the ozone layer to the Environmental Protection Agency’s duties under the Clean Air Act. Not long afterward,...

Nov 27, 2019

Climates of Distant Terrestrial WorldsRadiation In, Radiation Out
The climate for a planet like Earth is largely set by the delicate balance between incoming radiation from the planet’s star, and outgoing radiation in the form of heat emitted into space. The amount of energy absorbed, reflected, and emitted by a planet’s surface and...

Nov 26, 2019

Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellowsA total of 443 AAAS members are being honored this year for their efforts to further science or its applications. New fellows will each receive an official certificate and a gold-and-blue rosette pin on Feb. 15, 2020, at the organization’s annual meeting, in Seattle.
“It is an honor to congratulate...